Appliances with required accounts and connections, yeah it’s all a corporate enshittification surveillance garbage.
But a smart light bulb that connects over Zigbee to a locally hosted setup so that I can easily dim the lights or set them on a timer or whatever I feel like doing? It’s a convenience that nobody needs, but at least it isn’t as severely compromised as the “ecosystem” wannabes.
There are different types of “smart” though.
Appliances with required accounts and connections, yeah it’s all a corporate enshittification surveillance garbage.
But a smart light bulb that connects over Zigbee to a locally hosted setup so that I can easily dim the lights or set them on a timer or whatever I feel like doing? It’s a convenience that nobody needs, but at least it isn’t as severely compromised as the “ecosystem” wannabes.